Broadwoodn.
/ˈbrɔːdwʊd/, U.S. /ˈbrɔdˌwʊd/, /ˈbrɑdˌwʊd/ A piano made by John Broadwood or by the London firm founded by him. Also attributive.
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grand pianoforte1784
square pianoforte1787
grand piano1795
cottage pianoforte1816
cottage piano1824
table piano1827
table pianoforte1827
tin kettle1827
grand1830
piccolo1831
Broadwood1832
semi-grand1835
pianino1848
cottage1850
square piano1853
street piano1855
upright1860
pianette1862
digitorium1866
Steinway1875
baby grand1879
square1882
tin pan1882
honky-tonk piano1934
minipiano1934
spinet1936
prepared piano1940
ravalement1959
rinky-tink1961
miniature1974
Mozart piano1980
1832 W. Gaskell Let. 17 Sept. in A. B. Hopkins Eliz. Gaskell (1952) iii. 52 First to buy the piano (a Broadwood).
1895 R. Kipling Song of Banjo in New Rev. June 602 You couldn't pack a Broadwood half a mile—You mustn't leave a fiddle in the damp.
1937 G. B. Shaw London Music 1888–89 46 The ensemble of the three Broadwood grands was not so dreadful as might have been expected.
1969 Listener 14 Aug. 225/1 A Broadwood of 1787.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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